The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-03-31
THE
Sitter John, Editor.
Eternaily opposed TO all rings, cliques,
clans and factiOns--The Peoples Organ,
HOW 1T WORKED.

HOW 1T WORKED.
Last fall it was freely talked, here
abouts, among certain STEW and
faithful that this paper would be
suppressed sat any cost" and the
programme soon became outlined
The chief apostle of this gang having
secured an old and unjust judgement
against its editor, suit was brough
and presses, type and material at
tached. Oh, but these fellows
thought it easy enough :, SO, when
about the last of December, they
came down upon us like the Asyrian
cohorts, and armed with "pitchforks
and executions they cleaned ont on
office, at cost to them of two o.
three hundred dollars, attached on
printed papers, even to Il part of =
half sheet edition, commanded thei
organ at Brattleboro to open its bat
terry of filth and calumny, that tn,
thing was done. 1t would no longe
be "SIFTER John but SITTER George, .
as this orgun said with its usual sill,
attempt at wit. Then the faithful.
up here, were commanded to with
draw their patronage, which they did
the number being EIGHT. What s
phalanX! Then they purchased the
old "shebang" that we had used as
an office, press and composing room.
and the SITTER was literally turned
out of doors to face the wintry blasts
Without an office, press, type OF
money surely it must die. But to
make the thing doubly sure, to make
the victory complete their man, whom
report says was imported for this
purpose, several months before. and
who hadn't penny in the enterprise,
was set to work to born "daisy,"
and a new paper was launched upon
the troubled waters. At first it was
printed entire in New York. Then
compositor was secured and with
the old SITTER type the inside was
set up and sent to Brattleboro and
printed, for the old press was still ly-
ing around loose, where it lies to-day,
the whole posse, with the aid of a
Brattleboro expert. didn't know
enough to put it together. Last
week, this compositor having desert
ed their hole in the wall. the entire
inside work was done in Brattleboro
and largely filled with the Reformer's
matter.
Now while this was going on VIC,
unwittingly, gave them anothel
chance. and a libel suit was brought
against us for slandering the pure and
noble Davenport and we were lodged
in Jail. Then a crow went up, loud
and lusty, the brave and manly Day
export worked with will and lied
like an Ananias and the "daisy"
was scattered far and near. But
The best laid schemes O mice and men
Gang aft a-gey."
And this did not prove an exception
The SITTER keeps up its weekly sift-
ings, to the utter disgust of these fel-
lows, its appearance has been improv-
ed and it looks, and is, healthy and
vigorous. 1t has been furnished
with an office that is q palace in COM
parison with the old '.shebang' that
these wise fellows bought and paid an
eXOrbitant price for, it has been fur
nlshed with new type and will soon
have the use Of new press. Its
subscription LISTS being augmented,
daily. Notwithstanding the loss of
the immortal EIGHT our list at the
home office is as large as it ever was,
while in the town it is larger than at
any period heretofore. There is
scarcely a post-otfice within twenty
five miles that our list has not increas-
ed, since last January, in some in
stances nearly doubled and in one,
Newfane, trebbled. The people, far
and near, stand by the SITTER with a
unanimity that speaks volumns in its
favor and stamp it at once as the
peoples organ, distinction that it
well deserves for the open, manly and
vigorous fight it has made against
ring rule, the political bosses and the
free pass riders, in the interest of the
laboring common people. And here
in did these fellows make their great
mistake. They reasoned that we
had no money, which was true, and,
therefore, if they, by putting in few
hundred dollars, could strip us of
presses and type, under the plea of
collecting debt, we would be bound
to go under, while they, with the aid
of their "daisy'' could make the poor
fools, the common people, believe it
was all right, and save them from the
odium of suppressing creditable en-
terprise. They failed to appreciate or
take into consideration the fact that
the SITTER was welcome guest I'M
nearly thousand families, and that
it numbered among its friends and